# Accident 20081207856719A: Cessna 208, Homestead, FL, December 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2008, 11:50 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Airport: Homestead General Aviation
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4906° N, 80.5101° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4906&lon=-80.5101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9639F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9639F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081207856719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) RESERVE PARACHUTE DEPLOYED INTO THE AIR STREAM WHILE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS STILL IN THE AIRCRAFT.  RESERVE CHUTE PULLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INTO THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR CONTROL SURFACE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  NAME OF JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: 63 JUMPS (3 IN THE LAST 30 DAYS AND 20 IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS); USPA CERTIFICATED.  CLUB AFFILIATION: US PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION.  DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTE: PRECISION (MAN. DATE 1/2000), SUPER-RAVEN II, SERIAL NUMBER 29105.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09CA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA082), Dec 7, 2008: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Homestead, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent deployment of the reserve parachute, resulting in the skydiver being prematurely pulled from the airplane and striking the horizontal stabilizer.

## Other reports on N9639F (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20031220035022I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031220035022I), Dec 20, 2003: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Homestead, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On Saturday, 20 dec 2003, a Cessna caravan, N9639F and a Cessna 172, N5412D experienced a midair collision on final approach to runway 36 at Homestead…
- [Incident 20030721015739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030721015739I), Jul 21, 2003: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Homestead, FL, 1 fatal. (-23) On July 21, 2003, a parachute fatality occurred at the Homestead general airport, a harness failure resulted in a broken neck for the parachutist. No…
- [Incident 19970622023099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622023099I), Jun 22, 1997: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Umatilla, FL, 1 fatal. Student instructor tandem jump. Main chute risers failed tangled rwserve. Impact killed instructor, injured student

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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